By Sarah Hooper
The busy station has seen a halt to services today (Picture: Shutterstock)
A train station which serves millions of passengers each year has halted all services to and from the station today.
Damage to an overhead wire has prompted Birmingham New Street Station to cancel all services, affecting multiple rail companies.
Routes to Coventry, Walsall, Wolverhampton and Rugeley are facing severe delays, cancellations and diversions.
And the cancellations will last the rest of the day, according to National Rail, but tickets are being accepted on buses on reasonable routes.
CrossCountry, Avanti West Coast, London Northwestern Railway, Transport for Wales and West Midlands Railway are all affected.
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National Rail wrote online: ‘Trains running through Birmingham New Street may be cancelled, delayed by up to 60 minutes or revised.’
New Street Station posted on X: ‘We are investigating reports of damaged overhead power lines near Birmingham New Street, which are affecting some services in/out of the station. We will be on site ASAP to assess the situation.’
Routes affected
Avanti West Coast
London Euston to Wolverhampton/Edinburgh
Birmingham New Street to Glasgow Central/Edinburgh
CrossCountry
Plymouth to Derby
Bournemouth to Birmingham New Street/Manchester Piccadilly
Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
Birmingham New Street and York
London Northwestern Railway
London Euston to Northampton and Birmingham New Street
Coventry and Birmingham New Street
Birmingham New Street to Liverpool Lime Street
Birmingham New Street and Crewe
Transport for Wales
Birmingham International and Chester
Birmingham New Street and Aberystwyth, Shrewsbury, Crewe, and Holyhead
West Midlands Railway
Hereford/Great Malvern to Birmingham New Street
Redditch/Longbridge and Four Oaks
Redditch and Birmingham New Street
Bromsgrove and Lichfield Trent Valley
Birmingham International and Birmingham New Street/Rugeley Trent Valley
Birmingham International to Wolverhampton
Birmingham New Street to Wolverhampton/Shrewsbury
Birmingham New Street/Wolverhampton to Walsall
Wolverhampton to Hednesford/Rugeley Trent Valley
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